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It fell down. I need to pick something to replace it.
I'm considering one of those red silky japanese maples. or maybe another silver maple. or oak who knows.
any suggestions?
Help Me Pick a Tree
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Stone 
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:41 PM
See the big tree in front of the house in the middle?
It fell down. I need to pick something to replace it.
I'm considering one of those red silky japanese maples. or maybe another silver maple. or oak who knows.
any suggestions?
It fell down. I need to pick something to replace it.
I'm considering one of those red silky japanese maples. or maybe another silver maple. or oak who knows.
any suggestions?
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:45 PM
Where do you live?
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:54 PM
Did it fall on the house?
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:05 PM
Stone, on Jan 11 2007, 03:51 PM, said:
Dutchess County, New York
you're sure you're not gay?
purdah nahin jab koi khuda se, bandon se purdah karna kya?
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maybe it wasn't the best wording.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:07 PM
How about a trio of fig trees?
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:07 PM
only if placed appropriately.
purdah nahin jab koi khuda se, bandon se purdah karna kya?
~shaqeel badayuni
if it takes us seven years to prepare for a madness, how long shall it take us to run naked into the marketplace?
~yoruba proverb
facts are meaningless. you could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
~homer simpson
maybe it wasn't the best wording.
~nathan
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:32 PM
Rebecca's right. Nothing. Get rid of all those little shrubs and things too.
Nice house, with nice mature plantings. Edit, rather than add.
Nice house, with nice mature plantings. Edit, rather than add.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:42 PM
I've considered leaving it open and removing the small shrubs by the babbling brook. But I really like those red japanese trees.
Not sure what to do with the beds closer to the house. I hate what's there now. (It's all left over from the former owner.) I have been remiss with the landscaping.
Not sure what to do with the beds closer to the house. I hate what's there now. (It's all left over from the former owner.) I have been remiss with the landscaping.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:43 PM
"See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big . . ."
Think fractal.
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big . . ."
Think fractal.
Cambridge University Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sir Charles Oatley, in October, 1948, along with his student Dennis McMullan, began the research that led to the production of the first scanning electron microscope in 1965.
I thought you'd want to know.
I thought you'd want to know.
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Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:44 PM
Thanks, Robert, for the compliment. That tree looked like it had toes and could scamper around the neighborhood after dark. I do not understand any tree that is not pretty or useful. Lucky it didn't fall on the house. It doesn't look like it was used for shade for passive cooling and its trunk from ground to first limbs are bare, like having a palm tree. Might as well just plant a telephone pole in the yard. OK. So easy to poke fun. Lovely house, though. You have a babbling brook. Very boring front yard. I'd turn it into a meadow unless you are heavy duty croquet players. Also, I do not have a clue about your planting zone. And I understand your yearn for Japanese maples. I have two and the colors of new hybrids, the brilliant reds, are so stunning. There are many, many to choose from but I'd find a local horticultural expert in your area and get advice first.
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